Improved bottle-stopper



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS PIMER, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY'HNV. PUTNAM,OF BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

lM PROVED BOTTLE-STOPPER.

` Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,589, dated June12, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, THOMAS PIMER, of the city and county of New London,State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Stoppers and Fasteners for Bottles 5 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing made to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification,in which- Figure l is a front elevation, partly in section. Fig. 2 is aside elevation.

Similar letters indicate similar parts throughout the gures.

My invention is particularly applicable to bottling such liquids as donot require to be bottled under pressure, but which do require that thecorks or other Stoppers should be fastened down, from the fact thatgases will be generated in the liquid after bottling, as in cider, Ste.

It consists ot' a combined stopper Iand fastener so affixed to thebottle that it can be latched down over the mouth of the bottle, firmlyclosing the same, and when unlatched can be readily removed from overthe mouth, though remaining permanently attached to the bottle, to beagain used when required.

`The construction and operation are as follows At a is a band or wireencircling the neck of the bottle `just below the bulge. To this isaffixed an upright piece of metal on opposite sides, as b and c. Theseare secured to the band by pins, on which they can be turned readily.Over the top of the bottle is a 1netallie plate, d, to the lower side ofwhich is attached a piece, c, of some elastic substance, asindia-rubber, which 4will partly enter the neck of the bottle and closeupon its mouth, as shown in Fig. l. The plate d has a wing at each side,by one of which it is hinged to the upright c, as shown, and by theother is held down by the upright b, the upper end of which is formedinto a hook or latch, as seen in Fig. 2. When the bottle is to be openedthe plate (l may be pressed against the month of the bottle, and thelatch on I) can be readily withdrawn. The plate and stopper are thenturned over on the hinge on c, and, if desired, may be turned down tothe side of the neck by turning c on its pin.

It is worthy of particular notice that in my invention a large mass ofthe rubber or elastic material e is employed, and that the yielding ofthis is sufficient to allow my stopper to t on different bottles; and itis worthy of further notice that the mass of elastic material c on mystopper projects downward into and is adapted to t the mouth of thebottle, so that it may roll and apply itself with great facility to thedifferent forms of the parts and to different lengths of the fastenin gsand the consequent different inclinations of the plate d.

I claim- The combination of the collar a, hook b, rigid cross-piece d,tapering mass of soft material e, and tie c, arran ged substantially asand for the purpose herein specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

THOMAS PIMER.

Witnesses J. P. PIRPON, S. H. MAYNMJD.

